by Julie Doughty | Jun 22, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
This is a post about a defamation trial where one party (the claimant – C) is claiming the other party (the defendant – D) has caused his reputation serious harm by making statements that allege domestic abuse by C against D. Far removed from the recent...
by Lucy R | Jun 21, 2022 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Not long ago I wrote a tiresomely long post about what I will call the transparency in financial remedy (FR) cases, a topic about which there has been much recent debate (see Very Much Ancillary). Others may quibble about the use of the term ‘transparency’ but to me...
by Lucy R | Jun 20, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The recent judgment in the case of Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52 is a sequel to the previously anonymised case of XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 49. As the title suggests, having made an interim anonymity order, Mr Justice Mostyn decided in...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 7, 2022 | FCReportingWatch
Parents who live under the shadow of constant threats by ex-partners of being taken back to court, with repeated applications about their children, will now get more protection from this happening.“Barring orders” is the name commonly given to orders the Family Court...
by reporting watch team | Jun 2, 2022 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This post is by HHJ Stuart Farquhar. HHJ Farquhar is a Circuit Judge based in Brighton. He is the Lead Judge in the Financial Remedies Court for Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Chairs the FRC sub-group of the Transparency Implementation Group. It is somewhat ironic, to...
by Lucy R | May 31, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
A lot has been written of late about the privacy (or otherwise) of family money cases, and all of it by men with big brains and a lot of words. As someone who hasn’t conducted a money case for some years (not great with numbers, me), I would not dare to offer any view...
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